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There is a new toy on the Microsoft website called Windows Game Adviser http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/games/gameadvisor/default.mspx It apparently checks your hardware to see what games your system will handle and advise you on the best choice of game for your particular Machine.
FS_Pilot

P.S You have to use Internet Explorer. (of course)

Here's what mine looks like....



I don't know...10% of all system's scanned by Windows Game Advisor...I am sure my PC isn't that good...or is it?

Yes it is good. But can you explain why you have a 80Gb hard drive and that says you have 354Gb of free space?

Mine is in the top 17%.

Yes it is good. But can you explain why you have a 80Gb hard drive and that says you have 354Gb of free space?

Mine is in the top 17%.

I have an external HDD as well...I don't why it recorded that one..but oh well...it's the HDD with NFS Most Wanted installed on it...

That advisor has been around for several years... Its not that accurate. It does not load test your system. All it does is record your hardware and compare it to what will run the MS games the best along with compare it to its database of other test runs.

The system I am on right now (I own 5 systems) is what I would call better than average but not the best by any means and this is how the advisor rates it:

Blah.. Pretty much useless..

Its a marketing ploy

The question it answers is:

Will my PC run the Microsoft game I selected from the list?

The question(s) it does not answer:

Will my PC run the Microsoft game I selected from the list @ at least 24fps and no studders and 100% visual quality with the detail settings on low-med-or high?

It is designed to get you to buy the game you are interested in. It is accurate to the point where it will tell you if you can load and run the game... but that is as far as it goes.

It might load and run the game, but it may run @ 10fps and low visual quality.

My steam-powered PC probably won't even register

I would try it out, but I would be lucky if my system would show on that scale

Steam-powered? I had no idea you were that far advanced! It still beats me though I think my comp is from the stone age.

Sounds about right.

Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 2412MHz
Display Card ATI RADEON 9800 PRO
Memory 2048MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 33.02GB
Display Card Memory 128MB
Display Driver Version 6.14.10.6587
DirectX Version 9.0c
Optical Drive CD/DVD
Sound Card SB X-Fi Audio [CCE0]

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My System Performance
Your system is among the top 3% of all systems scanned by the Game Advisor.



My graphics card is my downfall but it has served me well. I won't upgrade until direct x 10 gcomplient graphics cards hit the market!

My System Specifications
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 2400MHz
Display Card NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Memory 1024MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 411.97GB
Display Card Memory 256MB
Display Driver Version 8.1.9.8
DirectX Version 9.0c
Optical Drive CD
Sound Card Realtek AC97 Audio

My System Performance
Your system is among the top 17% of all systems scanned by the Game Advisor.

The Graphics card was my system's downfall...